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Mask from Gabon Two Chiwara c. late 19th early 20th centuries, Art Institute of Chicago.Female (left) and male, vertical styles. Most African sculpture from regions south of the Sahara was historically made of wood and other organic materials that have not survived from earlier than a few centuries ago, while older pottery figures are found from a number of areas.
The increasing recognition of Black American art has led to the establishment of institutions dedicated to preserving and showcasing this legacy. The Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture in Washington, D.C., and The Studio Museum in Harlem are just two examples of spaces where Black art is celebrated.
The Freedom Monument Sculpture Park in Montgomery, Alabama, is the most recent of the three "Legacy sites" developed by the non-profit Equal Justice Initiative.. Starting in 2021, EJI acquired 17 acres in Montgomery on the Alabama River to erect the National Monument to Freedom, a 43 feet tall, 155 feet long wall depicting 122,000 surnames adopted by the 4.7 million formerly enslaved African ...
African-American art is known as a broad term describing visual art created by African Americans. The range of art they have created, and are continuing to create, over more than two centuries is as varied as the artists themselves. [ 1 ]
Texas African American History Memorial; The Three Pioneers; Three Soldiers (statue) Trilogy (sculpture) Harriet Tubman Memorial (Boston) Harriet Tubman Memorial (New York City) Statue of Harriet Tubman (DeDecker)
Conner, Janis and Joel Rosenkranz, Rediscoveries in American Sculpture, Studio Works 1893–1939, University of Texas, Austin, Texas 1989; Contemporary American Sculpture, The California Palace of the Legion of Honor, Lincoln Park, San Francisco, The National Sculpture Society 1929; Craven, Wayne, Sculpture in America, Thomas Y. Crowell Co, NY ...
Those cultures whose sculptures have survived in quantities include the cultures of the ancient Mediterranean, India and China, as well as many in Central and South America and Africa. The Western tradition of sculpture began in ancient Greece, and Greece is widely seen as producing great masterpieces in the classical period.
A statue of Frederick Douglass sculpted by Stanley W. Edwards, sometimes called the Frederick Douglass Monument, [1] was installed in Rochester, New York in 1899 [2] after it was commissioned by the African-American activist John W. Thompson. [2] [3] According to Visualising Slavery: Art Across the African Diaspora, it was the first statue in ...